Loot - Context
Joe Orton was the son of a gardener and a mechanist, he had an ordinary schooling in Leicester, where he was born, and started working at the age of 16. For 2 years he got often sacked from his employers since what he did didn't interest him. At night he was member of many different amateur dramatic societies, what inspired him to become a professional actor. With the help of private tutition, he managed to get into R.A.D.A. He claims not to have learnt anything for the first year, but he says that he had lost his confidence. When he went into Rep he got married to one of the other students he got married to one of the other students, but of course, this rushed relationship soon came to an end. Soon enough after that, Orton started to express his homosexuality, getting involved in a relationship with another of his "classmates", this time, his name was Kenneth. This personal experience reflects on his writing of the play "Loot", where he shows disrespect to marriage and relationships (in real life, Orton often cheated on Kenneth, by "cottaging"). His can be clearly seen in the first scene, where Fay asks McLeavy, right after Mrs Mc Leavy's death, if he has "considered a second marriage yet?"
Joe Orton was the son of a gardener and a mechanist, he had an ordinary schooling in Leicester, where he was born, and started working at the age of 16. For 2 years he got often sacked from his employers since what he did didn't interest him. At night he was member of many different amateur dramatic societies, what inspired him to become a professional actor. With the help of private tutition, he managed to get into R.A.D.A. He claims not to have learnt anything for the first year, but he says that he had lost his confidence. When he went into Rep he got married to one of the other students he got married to one of the other students, but of course, this rushed relationship soon came to an end. Soon enough after that, Orton started to express his homosexuality, getting involved in a relationship with another of his "classmates", this time, his name was Kenneth. This personal experience reflects on his writing of the play "Loot", where he shows disrespect to marriage and relationships (in real life, Orton often cheated on Kenneth, by "cottaging"). His can be clearly seen in the first scene, where Fay asks McLeavy, right after Mrs Mc Leavy's death, if he has "considered a second marriage yet?"